A shoebox-sized satellite could expose hidden nuclear weapons in space
There’s never been a good method to check for violations of the Outer Space Treaty’s prohibition of nuclear weapons in space.
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We remember little to nothing of early childhood — and a recent mouse study may help explain why
The brain’s memory center may come “prewired,” rather than being built from scratch after birth, a new study in mice finds. The research, published in
Secretive Chinese probe snaps first photo of Earth’s mysterious ‘quasi-moon’ — and it may pose a big problem
A secretive Chinese spacecraft has captured the first-ever close-up photo of one of Earth’s temporary “quasi-moons” after arriving there for a potential first-of-its-kind landing. The
Colorful ‘painting-like’ ripples cover an ancient seafloor structure in the Bahamas — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas [23.547188707, -76.46352937] What’s in the photo? Submerged sandbanks and seagrass beds in shallow water Which satellite
Diagnostic dilemma: A woman heard voices for years — but not because of psychosis
The patient: A woman in her early 50s in Canada The symptoms: The woman started occasionally hearing her name being called when she was alone
‘What we found was striking’: Physicists detect new kind of gravitational wave signal from a black hole’s event horizon
Scientists have found evidence that gravitational waves from a spectacular black hole collision carry signals from the very edge of the newly formed black hole.
AI tools meant to vet science are surprisingly easy to fool
The gold standard of scientific review, peer review by researchers’ colleagues, is in crisis. AI might offer a solution but has problems of its own.
Many U.S. teens underestimate fentanyl’s deadly risk
A majority of 8th-graders and roughly a third of 10th- and 12th-graders do not see great risk in using fentanyl once or twice, a study
‘One of the oldest gravestones of a free Black person in America’ discovered in Boston
A team of conservationists has discovered and restored the tombstone of Sebastian, a formerly enslaved man who died free in 1729. “That discovery is likely
6,000-year-old broken ribs discovered in Syria may be one of the oldest known cases of child abuse in the world
The fragile and battered remains of an infant who lived about 6,000 years in Mesopotamia may be the oldest documented case of child abuse from
Artemis II Crew and Apollo 14 Moon Tree
The Artemis II crew participates in the dedication of the Apollo 14 Moon tree at the Lunar Receiving Park at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. This
A robot swarm is on a mission to map Greenland’s perilous ice sheets
The ambitious expedition aims to fill data gaps about the glacier-sea boundary to predict when the world might tip into a catastrophic climate regime.
Scientists say Beefalo are all beef, no -alo. Breeders disagree
A whole-genome analysis of Beefalo, a hybrid bison-cattle breed, suggests very few individuals have any bison DNA at all, a new study reports.
‘Time was speeding up, slowing down, or even stopping’: Physicist demonstrates a key theory of time by building a ‘mini-universe’ in his lab
For the first time, a physicist has experimentally watched time emerge from within an isolated quantum system — by creating a “mini-universe.” This bizarre experiment